March 3rd, 2015

THE TEMPESTIAMBIC PENTAMETER AND LINE #

PROSPERO’S PAST

Iambic Pentameter = 10 syllables (beats) per line. “Lines” could be shared between characters!

Gonzalo: Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.

Versus

Prospero: There’s no harm done.Miranda: Oh, woe the day!Prospero: No Harm.

“…by line and level”

- / - / - / - / - /

- / - / - / - / - /

So what does this mean for you? As you use the annotated glossary (the smaller

packet) the numbers of the lines may be off, because the play doesn’t indicate which lines are Iambic Pentameter and which aren’t.

As you number the lines (which needs to happen, so that you can correctly cite any quotes you use), you have to be careful how you count the lines.

Journal: The Servants: Ariel and Caliban

For Ariel, create a two-column page, on 1 side label it “Natural occurrences”, on the other label it “Ariel’s actions.”

As you read the play write down lines that Ariel describes his actions in his column, then describe the natural occurrence that it represents.

For Caliban, create a three-column chart labeled: How others describe

CalibanHow he describes from

himselfHow his actions describe

him As you read the play

write down quotes that fit in each of the columns.

In your journal label two pages “The Servants” on the first page, add “Ariel” to the title, on the second, add “Caliban.”

William Strachey, the explorer, of early Americas described a phenomenon know as St. Elmo’s Fire :

“Only upon Thursday night, [we] had an apparition of a little round light, like a faint Star, trembling, and streaming along with a sparkling blaze, half the height upon the Main Mast, and shooting sometimes from Shroud to Shroud, attempting to settle as it were upon any of the four Shrouds; and for three or four hours together, or rather more, half the night it kept with us, running sometimes along the Mainyard to the very end, and then returning.”

Find the lines of Act 1.2 where Ariel’s actions could be responsible for this.

Ariel: Nature

On the ship: What lines demonstrates selfishness? Is there a difference between self-preservation and self-centeredness?

How does Prospero ‘acquire’ his art (Magic)? How does he relate to others while a ‘magician’ and while a ‘duke’?

Keep track of Ariel’s descriptions of his actions.

How is Caliban describe/act?

How are Ariel and Caliban a ‘foil’ for humanity?

Reading the play: Act 1 ~

March 5th, 2015

THE TEMPESTARIEL AND CALIBAN:

THE SERVANT & SLAVE

Yesterday we read the lines from Miranda below:

“I should sin/To think but nobly of my grandmother./ Good wombs have borne bad sons” (1.2.118-120)

What is the implication of “sons” being plural? How does this imply the theme of Nature vs Nurture? What would Miranda think about Caliban, when

speaking of Nature or Nurture? Does this insight of Miranda change our thinking

of her being Naive?

Journal:

SO, you think Shakespeare is Hard?This is the original Beowulf, in ‘Old English’

And this is Chaucer in ‘Middle English’

On the ship: What lines demonstrates selfishness? Is there a difference between self-preservation and self-centeredness?

How does Prospero ‘acquire’ his art (Magic)? How does he relate to others while a ‘magician’ and while a ‘duke’?

Keep track of Ariel’s descriptions of his actions.

How is Caliban describe/act?

How are Ariel and Caliban a ‘foil’ for humanity?

Reading the play: Act 1 ~

March 6th, 2015

THE TEMPESTFERDINAND & MIRANDA:

THE LOVERS

March 9th, 2015

THE TEMPESTTHE NOBLES:

A KING, VILLAINS AND PHILOSOPHERS

Shakespeare Memorization Assignment: Due Monday, March 30th • Choose a minimum of 14 lines of Shakespeare to memorize & present.• Choose anything Shakespeare wrote:

• A SONNET• A MONOLOGUE from one of his plays• Find a partner and memorize a SCENE from one of his plays

• There are 8 sonnets, several monologues, and 2 scenes available in the Documents section of my web site. Feel free, however, to research and select ANY work of Shakespeare you prefer.

Test on the themes of The Tempest: During the week of 3/23 or 3/30. (Exact date to come.)• This extended-response test will require you to be familiar with the major themes

and essential questions of The Tempest. You should also be familiar with the significant passages we study in class.

 

The Tempest Trailer Project: Due date to be determined. (Either immediately before or immediately after Spring Break.)• Working with a group of 4-5 classmates, you will create a coming attraction /

trailer for The Tempest.• You will not be producing an entire film.• A rubric and grading criteria will be available in late March / early April.

Upcoming assignments to ‘prep’ for:

Can’t be from The Tempest!!!

What are the characteristics of Gonzalo’s Utopia?• Which Nature/Nurture Philosopher do you think

would support this Utopia? • What would Prospero think about Gonzalo’s

Utopia?

Who is part of the conspiracy? What is their goal? • Who is actually the ‘leader’ and who is the

‘follower’? • How might this work towards Prospero’s plans?

“The Conspiracy”: Who will Rule?

Vocabulary (ACT 1)

Allay (v.): to lessen; to put to rest; to calm (1.2.2)

Perdition (n.): utter destruction or ruin (1.2.30) Fortitude (n.): mental or emotional strength

(1.2.44) Endow (v.): to provide (1.2.58) Perfidious (adj.): deliberately faithless,

deceitful (1.2.68) Inveterate (adj.): settled in a habit (1.2.122)

Vocabulary (ACT 1 – Cont.)

Inveterate (adj.): settled in a habit (1.2.122) Extirpate (v.): to remove or destroy totally; to pull up by

the roots (1.2.125) Abhor (v.): to hate, loathe, or detest utterly (1.2.352) Vouchsafe (v.): to grant or give by graciousness or

condescension; to allow or permit (1.2.424) Usurp (v.): to seize by force; to use without authority

(1.2.455)

March 5th, 2015

THE TEMPESTTRINCULO & STEPHANO:

THE FOOLS